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DB35 Series 7200.2 ST3500841ACE ST3400833ACE ST3300822ACE ST3250824ACE ST3200827ACE ST3160212ACE ST3120213ACE ST38021 10ACE[...]
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Revision st atus summary sheet Copyright © 2006 Seagate T echno logy LLC. All right s reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Publication number: 1003 89999, Rev . C November 2006 Seagate, Seagate T echnology and the W ave logo ar e registered trademarks of Seagate T echnology LLC in the United S tates and/or oth er countries. DB35 Series, SeaT ools and SeaTD[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C i Contents 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]
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ii DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual , Rev. C[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manual , Rev. C iii List of Figures Figure 1. Typical 5V startup and operation c urrent profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 2. Typical 12V startup and operation cur rent profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 Figure 3. Breather fi[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 1 1.0 Introduction This manual describes the functional, mechanical a nd in terface spe cifications for th e followin g Seagate ® DB35 Series 7200.2 model drives: • ST3500841ACE • ST3400833ACE • ST3300822ACE • ST3250824ACE • ST3200827ACE • ST3160212ACE • ST3120213ACE • ST38021 10ACE These[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 3 2.0 Drive specifications Unless otherwise noted, all specific ations are me asured unde r ambient conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power . For convenienc e, the phrases the driv e and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate the following models: 2.1 Spec ification summary t able The spec[...]
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4 DB35 Series 7200.2 Produ ct Manual, Rev. C T able 1: Drive specifications for 500 and 400 Gbyte mo dels Drive specification ST3500841ACE ST3400833ACE Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 500 400 Guaranteed sectors 976,773,168 781,422,768 Bytes per secto r 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 16 Default cylinders 16,383 Record[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 5 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referr ing to har d drive capacity. Accessible c apacity may vary de pending on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, some offlin e activity may occur acco rding to the S.M. A.R.T. specification, w hich may increase a coustic and p[...]
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6 DB35 Series 7200.2 Produ ct Manual, Rev. C T able 2: Drive specifications for 300, 250, and 20 0 Gbyte models Drive specification ST3300822ACE ST3250824ACE ST3200827ACE Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 300 250 200 Guaranteed sectors 586,072,368 488,397,168 390,721,968 Bytes per secto r 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 7 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referr ing to har d drive capacity. Accessible c apacity may vary de pending on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, some offlin e activity may occur acco rding to the S.M. A.R.T. specification, w hich may increase a coustic and p[...]
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8 DB35 Series 7200.2 Produ ct Manual, Rev. C T able 3: Drive specifications for 160, 120, and 80 Gbyte models Drive specification ST3160212ACE ST3120213ACE ST38021 10ACE Formatted Gbytes (512 bytes/sector)* 160 120 80 Guaranteed sectors 312,581,808 234,441,648 156,301,488 Bytes per secto r 512 Default sectors per track 63 Default read/write heads 1[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 9 *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referr ing to har d drive capacity. Accessible c apacity may vary de pending on operating environment and formatting. **During periods of drive idle, some offlin e activity may occur acco rding to the S.M. A.R.T. specification, w hich may increase a coustic and p[...]
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10 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 2.2 Formatted cap acity *One Gbyte equals one billion bytes when referri ng to hard drive capacity. Accessible c apa city may vary dependin g on operating environment and formatting. 2.2.1 LBA mode When addressing these d rives in LBA mode, all bloc ks (sectors) are consecutively nu mbered from 0 to n?[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 11 ST3500841ACE, ST3400833AC E, ST3300822ACE, ST3250824ACE, ST3200827AC E 97.69 ST3160212ACE, ST3120213AC E, ST38021 10ACE 1 1 9.0 S pindle speed (RPM) (± 0.2%) 7,20 0 Internal data-transfe r rate (Mbits/sec max) ST3500841ACE, ST3400833AC E 815.2 ST3300822ACE, ST3250824AC E, ST3200827ACE, ST3160212ACE, S[...]
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12 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 2.5 Physical characteristics 2.6 Seek time Seek measurement s are t aken with nominal p ower at 25°C ambient tempera ture. All times a re measur ed using drive diagnostics. The specifications in th e table below are defined as follows: • T rack-to-track seek time is an average of al l possible singl[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 13 2.8 Power specifications The drive receives DC power (+5V and +12V) thr ough a four-pin standar d drive power connector . 2.8.1 Power co nsumpt ion Power requirement s for the drives are liste d in the table on page 13. T ypical power measure ments are based on an average of drives tested, under nomina[...]
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14 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 2.8.1.1 T yp ical current profile Figure 1 T ypical 5V startup and operation cur ren t profile Figure 2 T ypical 12V startup and operatio n cu rrent profile 2.8.2 C onducted noise Input noise ripp le is meas ured at the host sys tem po we r supply across an equivalent 80-ohm resistive load on the +12 v[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 15 2.8.4 Power-man agement mo des The drive provides progr ammable power manageme nt to provide greater energy ef ficiency . In most systems, you can control power manage ment through the system setup program. The d rive features the following power-management mod es: • Active mode The drive is in Activ[...]
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16 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 2.9 Environment al specifications 2.9.1 Ambient tempe rature Ambient temperatur e is defined as the temperature of the environment immed iately surrounding the drive. Actual drive case temper ature should not exceed 69°C (156°F) within the operating ambient conditions for standar d models. Recommende[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 17 2.9.5.2 Nonoperating sh ock The nonoperatin g shock level that the drive can exper ien ce without incurring physical d amage or degradation in performance when subsequently pu t into operation is 300 Gs for 50 0, 400, and 300 GB drives and 350 Gs for 250, 200, 160, ad 80 GB dr ives, ba sed on a nonr ep[...]
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18 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 2.1 1 Electromagnetic immunity When properly installed in a representative ho st syst em, the drive operates without error s or degradation in performance when subjected to the radio frequency (RF) environments defined in the follo wing table: T able 5: Radio frequency env ir onments 2.12 Reliability T[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 19 2.13 Agenc y certification 2.13.1 Safety certification The drives are recognized in accordance with UL 1950 and CSA C22.2 (950) and meet all applicable sections of IEC950 and EN 60950 as tested by TUV North America. 2.13.2 Electromagnetic comp atibility Hard drives that display the CE mark comply with [...]
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20 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 2.13.3 FCC ver ification These drives are intended to be con t ained solely within a pe rson al computer o r similar e nclosure ( not att ached as an external device). As such, each drive is consider ed to be a subasse mbly even when it is individually mar- keted to the customer . As a subassembly , no[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 21 2.15 Corrosive e nvironment Seagate electron ic drive component s pass accelerated corrosion testing equi valent to 10 years exposure to light industrial environment s containin g sulfurous gases, chlorine and nitric oxide, classes G a nd H per ASTM B845. However , this accelerated te sting cannot dupl[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 23 3.0 Configuring and mounting the drive This section contains the specif ications an d instructions for configuring and mounting the drive . 3.1 Handling and st atic discharge precautions After unp acking, and before inst allation, the drive may be exposed to pote ntial handling and electrostatic d is- [...]
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24 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 3.2 Breather filter hole precautions This section co ntains information regarding the precau tions which should be taken re garding the breather filter hole in Seagate hard d isc drives. Proper precautions should be t aken to ensure full functionality and prevent possible damage to the drive . Figure 3[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 25 3.3 Jumper settings 3.3.1 Mast er/slave configuration The options jumper block sho wn in Figure 4 is used to configur e the drive for operation. It is the 8- pin dual header between the inter face connector and the power co nnec tor . U se the following settings to c onfigure the drive as a master or a[...]
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26 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C Windows XP , Windows Me, Windows 98 or newer versio ns are needed to support drives with capacities greater th an 32 Gbyt es. 3.3.4 Ultra A T A/ 10 0 ca b le An 80-conductor 4 0-pin cable is required to run Ultra DM A mode 3, mode 4 and mode 5. This cable uses even- numbered conductors connected to th [...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 27 Figure 6 Mounting dimensi ons —to p, sid e an d en d view Notes: 1. Dimensions are shown in inches (mm). 2 Dimensions per SFF-8301 specification. 3 x 6-32 UNC-2B 0.150 (3.81) max. fastener penetration both sides. 3 threads minimum engagement. Recommended case temperature measurement location 0.1240 0[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 29 4.0 A T A in terface These drives use the industry-st andard A T A task file inte rface that support s 16-bit data transfers. It support s A T A programmed input/output (PIO) modes 0–4; multiword DMA modes 0–2, and Ultra DMA modes 0–5. The drive also supports the use of th e IOR DY signal to prov[...]
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30 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 4.1.1 Supported A T A commands The following t able lists A T A-standard commands that th e drive support s. For a detailed descrip tion of the A T A commands, refer to the Draft A T A-7 S tandard. Se e “S.M.A.R.T . commands” on page 37 for det ails and sub- commands used in the S.M.A.R.T . imple m[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 31 Security Disable Password F6 H Security Erase Prepare F3 H Security Erase Unit F4 H Security Freeze F5 H Security Set Password F1 H Security Unlock F2 H Seek 70 H Set Features EF H Set Max Address F9 H Note: Individual Set Max Address commands are identifie d by the value placed in the Set Max Features[...]
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32 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C Write Sectors Without Retries 31 H Write Sectors Extended 34 H Command name Command code (in hex)[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 33 4.1.2 Identify Dev ic e comma n d The Identify Device command (command code EC H ) tran sfers information about the drive to the host following power up. The data is organized as a single 512-byte block of dat a, whose contents are shown in th e T able 6 on page 30. All reserved bits or word s should b[...]
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34 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 56 Number of current lo gica l sectors per logical track xxxx H 57–58 Current capacity in sectors xxxx H 59 Number of sectors transferred duri ng a Read Multiple or Write Multi- ple command xxxx H 60–61 T otal number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (see Section 2.2 fo r rela te d i nf orm[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 35 Note. Advance d Power Management (APM) and Automatic Acou stic Manageme nt (AAM) feat ures are not supported Note. See the bit descriptio ns below for words 63 , 88, and 93 of the Identify Drive data: 100–103 T otal number of user-addressable LBA sectors available (see Section 2.2 fo r rela te d i nf[...]
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36 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 4.1.3 Set Featu res command This command controls the implement ation of various fe atures that th e drive suppo rts. Wh en the drive receives this command, it sets BSY , checks the contents of the Features register , clears BSY and generates an inte r- rupt. If the value in the register does not repre[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 37 4.1.4 S.M.A .R.T . commands S.M.A.R.T . pro vides near-term failure prediction for disc drives. When S.M.A.R.T . is enabled, the drive moni- tors predetermined drive attributes that are suscep tible to degradation over time. If self-monito ring determines that a failure is likely , S.M.A.R.T . makes a [...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 39 5.0 Seagate T echnology support services Online services Internet www .seagate.com for infor mation about Seagate pro ducts and services. W orldwide support is availabl e 24 hours daily by e-mail for you r qu es tio ns. Presales Support: www .sea gate.com/support/email/email_presales.html or Presales@S[...]
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40 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C Dat a Recovery Services Seagate offe rs data recovery services for all forma ts and all brands of storage media. Our Dat a Recovery Ser- vices labs are currently located in North America. T o speak with a case ma nagement representative, call 1-800-475-0143. Additional infor mation, including an online[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 41 European support services For presales and technical support in Euro pe, dial the Seagate Service Center to ll-free num ber for your spe- cific location. If your loc ation is no t listed here, dial our presales and te chnical support call center at +1-405- 324-4714 from 8:00 A . M . to 1 1:45 A . M . a[...]
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42 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C Asia/Pacific support services For Asia/Pacific presales and technica l support, dial the toll-free number for your specific location. The Asia/ Pacific toll-free numbers are available from 6:00 A . M . to 10:45 A . M . and 12:00 P . M . to 6:00 P . M . ( Australian East- ern time) Monday thro ugh Fr id[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 43 Publication feedback survey We ar e interested in your comment s and suggestions re ga rding this publication. Please take a few minute s to participate in our survey at the following URL: http://sur vey .s eagate.com/sur vey/techpubs.nsf Thank you for your time and comment s.[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 45 Index Numerics 3D Defense System 1 A acoustics 1 7 Active m ode 15 agency certification (regulatory) 19 alternate capa city jumper 25 altitude 16 ambient cond itio ns 3 ambient temperature 12 , 16 areal density 1 , 10 ATA interface 29 ATA-standard com mands 30 Australian C-Tick 19 autodetection 1 avera[...]
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46 DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C G geometry 10 guaranteed sector s 10 H handling 23 heads 1 , 10 height 12 humidity 1 6 I I/O data-transfer rate 11 Identify Device 30 Identify Device command 33 Idle 13 , 30 Idle and Standby timer s 15 Idle Immediate 30 Idle mode 15 Idle mode power 13 IEC950 19 Information Technology Equipment 19 Initi[...]
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DB35 Series 7200.2 Product Manua l , Rev. C 47 recording heads 1 recording m ethod 10 register 36 relative humidity 16 reliability 18 resistance 14 resistive load 14 RF 18 RoHS 20 S S.M.A.R.T. commands 37 S.M.A.R.T. Disable Operations 31 S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring 1 S.M.A.R.T. Enable Operations 31 S.M.A.R.T. Enable/Disable Autosave 31 S.M.A.R.T. E[...]
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Seagate T echnology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts V alley , California 95066-4544, USA Publication Number: 10 0389999, Rev . C, Printed in U.S.A.[...]